Business: Columnists and Blogs - The Washington Post: Wonkblog: Reader mail: Can Agile development work for government, anyway?

Business: Columnists and Blogs - The Washington Post Check out columns and blogs from the Washington Post Business section for business policy news, economic and domestic policy news, personal finance news, technology reviews, local business news and much more.

Ready to move beyond the basics? Enroll in this advanced DSLR course to explore more creative scenarios, image editing, and videography. From our sponsors

Wonkblog: Reader mail: Can Agile development work for government, anyway? Oct 27th 2013, 12:02, by Lydia DePillis Early last week, we looked at one of the many reasons Healthcare.gov failed the way it did: The use of the "waterfall" software development methodology, completing one stage before moving on to another, rather than the "Agile" method, where software is built in iterative bursts, with testing throughout. It seems to have touched a nerve among computer folks, many of whom wrote in with observations on how Agile actually works, and whether it was even the right way to go for a site like Healthcare.gov. Herewith, a few of the most interesting (those without names asked for anonymity to protect their jobs). Read full article >>

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions